Tool for ornamenting the surfaces of wood



(No Model.)

C. M. HAYNES. TOOL FOR ORNAMENTING THE SURFACE OF WO0D.. No. 481,868. Patented Aug. 30,1892.

TATES AENT CHARLES M. HAYNES, OF OHILLIOOTHE, OHIO.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 481,868, dated August 30, 1892.

Original application filed July 18, 1891, Serial No. 399,952. Divided and this application filed April 11, 1892. Serial No. 428,685. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES M. HAYNES, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Ohil licothe, in the county of Ross and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefultherein referred to for carrying the process into practice.

My invention consists, essentially, of a pair of burners (preferably Bunsen burners) mounted upon a tubular supporting-handle and extending toward each other, so as to direct their flames to a common point for producing an intense scorching or burning flame. I also provide a detachable stylus, which is supported from said handle between the two burners in such position that the flames from the burners will impinge against its sides and heat it to a high degree. This scorching or burning stylus consists, essentially, of a short iron or copper bar drawn or rolled to a point and having flattened sides.

My invention will be first described with reference to the accompanying drawings, and then more particularly defined in the annexed claims.

In said drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of the preferred form of my improved tool. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof. Fig. 3 isa plan view of a slightly-modified form of tool. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective View of the modified form of burning-stylus.

Like letters of reference indicate the same parts in the several views.

The preferred form of tool is shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, and is constructed substantially as follows:

A isa short metal tube, and B B are branch tubes extending out at right angles from the sides of said tube A near its forward end. 0 O are elbow-joints secured in said branch tubes and having their forward ends inclined inwardly toward each other. D D are two small Bunsen burners secured to the forward ends of said elbows O Oand inclined toward a common center in line with the tubular handle. The inner faces of the ends 61 d of the Bunsen burners are beveled off and made parallel with the vertical plane of the tubular handle. E is a flexible rubber tube which connects the rear end of the metal tube A with a suitable gas-supply for feeding gas to the burners. The tube A is conveniently arranged to serve the double purpose of a handle for manipulating the tool and a conducting-tube for the gas.

F is a wooden handle mounted on the tube A to afford a convenient hand-hold and prevent the heated tube from burning the hands.

The forward end of the tube A is formed with a socket G, adapted to receive the contracted end h of the scorching or burning stylus H.

I is a set-screw engaging in a screw-threaded opening-in the wall of the socket G and adapted to engage the end h of the stylus and hold it in place. The stylus H is formed with a broad fiat head, which is drawn to a rounded thin edge, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, and it extends from the tubular handleAout between the ends of the converging burners D D, so that the flame from said burners will impinge against the flat sides of the stylus and keep it at a very high heat.

It will be observed by referring to Fig. 2 of the drawings that the burners are so arranged with reference to the stylus that the flame plays upon the upper part only of the stylus, leaving the lower part below the line so 00 unexposed to the flame to perform the burning, so that very fine and clear-cut lines can be made. The lower forward end of the stylus, which does the burning, is projected beyond the upper portion'into a rounded thin edge or point, as shown.

In carrying out my improved process of wood ornamentation set forth in my application above referred to I prefer to detach the stylus and employ the tool without it for accomplishing the outline-shading, as the impinging flames from the two converging Bunsen burners produce a very intense and regular flame, which can be easily controlled, and the shading obtainable from its use is much more delicate and beautiful than can be produced by a blow-pipe. When the Outline shading has been completed, the stylus is inserted and the internal parts of the figure worked out, as explained in said application.

In the modification shown in Figs. 3 and 4 the tubular holder A, connected to a suitable gas-supply by the flexible tubing and provided with a wooden handle F, and the socket Gfor receiving the stylus are substantially the same as in the preferred form. On opposite sides of the forward end of the tubular handle are formed two small screw-threaded perforations a a. J are two small bent tubes having screw-threaded portions j, which engage in the screw-threaded perforations a C6 of the tube A for attaching the tubes J thereto. Each of these small tubes J is formed with a straight portion j, running at right angles to the tube A, a curved portion j", a straight portion 3' running parallel with the tube A, and a straight portion 3', extending at right angles from the portionj and carrying a small Bunsen burner 7' which extends in the direction of the stylus supported from the handle, so as to direct its flame against one of its flat sides.

The stylus in this modified form consists of a short round metal bar K, having a contracted rear end is and drawn to a point 70, having flattened sides.

The shape and size of the stylus may be changed to suit the style and fineness of the work to be performed, and as it is made detachable they can be changed at will.

I have found my improved tool as above disclosed to be very effective for all purposes of wood ornamentation and branding wooden surfaces with diiferent kinds of marks and characters.

Having thus fully described my invention, the following is what I claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A tool for scorching or burning, consisting, essentially, of a tubular handle adapted to be connected'with a suitable gas-supply and two Bunsen burners extending from said tubular handle and inclined toward each other so as to direct their flames to a common point, substantially as set forth.

2. A tool adapted for ornamenting wooden surfaces by burning, consisting, essentially, of a burning-stylus mounted upon a suitable handle and a pair of burners arranged on opposite sides of said stylus and carried by said handle, substantially as set forth.

A tool adapted for ornamenting wooden surfaces by burning, consisting, essentially,

of a short metal bar drawn to a point and having flattened sides, a tubular handle to which said bar is attached, and burners attached to said tubular handle and arranged on opposite sides thereof so that their flames will impinge on the flattened sides of said bar, substantially as set forth.

4. A tool adapted for ornainenting wooden surfaces by burning, consisting, essentially, of a short metal bar drawn to a point and having flattened sides, a tubular handle to which said bar is attached, and branch tubes attached to said tubular handle above the base of the bar 0 and carrying at their ends Bunsen burners, said tubes being so shaped that the Bunsen burners will extend toward the bar, substantially as set forth.

5. A tool for scorching or burning, consisting, essentially, of a tubular handle adapted to be connected to a suitable gas supply, a burning-stylus supported from the forward end of said handle, and two burners extending from the handle and inclining toward the burning-stylus, the inner edges of said burners being beveled off substantially parallel to the faces of the stylus, substantially as set forth.

6. A tool for scorching or burning, consisting, essentially, of a tubular handle adapted to be connected with a suitable gas-supply, a burning-stylus detachably secured to said handle, branch tubes extending from said tubular handle, elbows in said tubes, and Bunsen burners extending from said elbows and converging toward the stylus, substantially as set forth.

7. A tool for scorching or burning, consisting, essentially, of a tubular handle, a burning-stylus attached to said handle and consisting of a bar havingabroad flat head drawn to a thin edge, branch tubes extending from said tubular handle, and Bunsen burners extending from said branch tubes and converging toward the flat sides of said stylus, substantially as set forth.

8. A tool for scorching or burning, consisting, essentially, of a tubular handle, a burningstylus attached to said handle and formed with a broad flat head having its under edge drawn to a thin burning-edge, and burners extending from the tubular handletoward the upper portion of the flat sides of said stylus, whereby the stylus is retained in a heated condition and the lower thin burning-edge is not exposed to the flame, so that a fine clear-cut line can be made, substantially as set forth.

CHARLES M. HAYNES.

Witnesses:

WVILBY G. HYDE, VVILL H. RINDT. 

